Lying-In A History of Childbirth in America

Name: Lying-In A History of Childbirth in America
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ISBN: 9780300040876

ISBN-10: 0300040873

ISBN-13: 9780300040876

Edition: 2nd 1989 (Expanded)

Authors: Richard W. Wertz, Dorothy C. Wertz

List price: $27.95

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This lively history of childbirth begins with colonial days, when childbirth was a social event, and moves on to the gradual medicalization of childbirth in America as doctors forced midwives out of business and to the home-birth movement of the 1980's. Widely praised when it was first published in 1977, the book has now been expanded to bring the story up to date. In a new chapter and epilogue, Richard and Dorothy Wertz discuss the recent focus on delivering perfect babies, with its emphasis on technology, prenatal testing, and Caesarean sections. They argue that there are many viable alternatives-including out-of-hospital births-in the search for the best birthing system. Review of the…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/10/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.90" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English